Intervention & Prevention Content Topic Results

This report synthesizes the information collected from the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study and provides an overview of arrests, types of crimes, characteristics of offenders and ways that the criminal justice system is handling internet sex crimes against minors.

This model protocol covers recommended policy and procedures on working with battered women and their teenage songs in shelter, program activities for teens, community collaboration, training, confidentiality, and safety planning.

This document provides a discussion of how community policing principles might intersect with the core principles of domestic violence organizing: victim safety, offender accountability, and community change.

This document addresses our current level of understanding of sexual assault in rural areas as it affects both victims and service providers, identifying the need to recognize a wide variety of rural configurations and cultural characteristics.

This radio program talks about domestic violence experienced by immigrant women who come to the country after getting married to American men through international match making businesses.

This assessment study found that although there are guidelines for health care practitioners to address violence against women, compliance to the guidelines varies. The assessment also found that collaboration between health care agencies and advocacy agencies affect the services provided to patients who experience domestic violence, and that health care institutions need more resources and sustained organizational commitment to address the problem of domestic violence.

This policy establishes procedures for handling acts of domestic violence committed by police officers and for implementing prevention strategies.

The Maputo Protocol is a treaty instrument that is binding on all countries that ratify it. Proponents of the Maputo Protocol present it as a method of combating female genital mutilation in Africa, where it is more common than elsewhere.

This document provides practical tips for staying safe, checking for damage, and recovering emotionally and financially after a disaster.

This guidebook is intended for people with disabilities, their families, and service providers seeking comprehensive information on the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. It provides information on how to engage public housing agency staff to help people with disabilities participate in the Section 8 program.

This resource focuses on the impact that homelessness has on children, especially for those who have experienced sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse or are in environments where this abuse is occurring. The issue addresses the need for early intervention and provides clinicians with tips on identifying signs of trauma in homeless children as well as when and how to intervene.

This report offers a catalogue of programs targeting prevention of first-time male perpetration of sexual violence. The report provides an overview of literature findings on sexual violence prevention and a detailed description of steps used to obtain information about existing programs in this substantive area.